Friday, August 31, 2007

Your hair may thin and your jawline may seem determinedto move south, but there's one thing you never have to giveup as you grow older: young muscles.

Strength training affects muscle DNA on a cellular level,giving it the profile of much younger muscle tissue.The result? Pump some iron and you'll considerably narrowany natural strength gaps that exist between you and thosestill-wet-behind-the-ears younger men.

Here's how a recent study proved it. Before going througha resistance-training program, the older men in a studywere nearly 60 percent weaker than the younger guys.But after 6 months of chest presses, leg extensions, andother resistance exercises, the senior group's musclestrength doubled! They closed the gap to just 40 percentless strong. Imagine what a whole year of push-ups coulddo . . ..(Start toning your trunk with these abdominalexercises.)

Turning the Clock OffMuscles get weaker as you get older for lots of reasons --and most of those reasons boil down to the natural agingprocess. But strength training halts much of that -- rightdown to changing the rate at which muscle cells areprogrammed to expire.

Thank you for creating the list of food names you have beencalled by unknown people in public.You can view the list ofpresented in the form of ' word image meaning revision chart'here

We propose to keep building this list as a part of our" Tales of Street Love and Lust"- an archive of streetcomments/ gestures/behaviour that will be disseminated inpublic as information about street sexual harassment.

Keep sending them in! ( blurtblanknoise@gmail.com/subject titled 'excuse me')You can print these posters andput them up in your streets/locality/bus stops. To make them inyour local language- email us and let's translate it together!We look forward to hearing from you

The Global Incident MapA Warning :The knowledge gained here is notguaranteed to impress your local Security Agencyand may even put you on one of their trackers asa link to Terrorist activities. Then again, maybe not.You just never know.If you really need to know of Terrorist activity in any partof the world for whatever reason, this site uses Googlemaps to provide you with the details including the link tonewspapers that carry the latest details of the incident.I tried it out for Texas, which is where I live and here'swhat I found :[The Monitor] TEXASMcAllen airport reopens after bomb scare

"Police have reopened McAllen-Miller International Airport aftermultiple electronic messages claiming a bomb was in the facilityforced an evacuation at about 11:30 a.m"Link to map of incident above

Saturday, August 25, 2007

The previous post regarding a Hate crime in Germanyneeds to be seen in a different light so as not togive the impression that Indians are only unsafe there.So I give you a link to the SFGate.com article aboutthe beating of an Indian couple from San Franciscoback in July.

Note to self: I must take a closer look at crimesof this type and post accordingly.....

Thursday, August 23, 2007

'Dozens of young Germans attacked a group of Indianvisitors to a village in the eastern state of Saxony overthe weekend, chasing them through the streets andsmashing up the restaurant where the Indians hadtaken refuge, the local police confirmed Monday.'~ from Topix.net

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

The Pink Pantherseries - animated or otherwise - isalmost sacred to me, so I have to ask myself this :how the hell did this happen and what were theythinking ?Just Jared has pics of Aishwarya Raion the sets ofThe Pink Panther 2 with Steve Martin. Yes, 'Ash' just hadto accept the role turned down by former Miss UniverseJennifer Hawkins and Miss Universe 2001 finalistCelina Jaitley.

Tuesday, August 21, 2007

"If you print a lot of documents, and especially if yousupport a number of color printers, you’re aware ofthe staggering costs of ink and toner. The printerbusiness works on the classic razors and razorblades business model, where the central devicecosts next to nothing, but blades, ink cartridges andtoner cost a fortune. The good news is that by settingyour printers to print standard documents in Draft mode,and then switching to better output quality only whenyou need to, you can save a bundle."

Monday, August 20, 2007

Real old news by now. Bears repeating since itreinforces your resolve, refreshes your retentionrate, and rocks your rectum....really !Real Age.com Tip for Aug. 21, 2007Here's the deal, dieters. You'll make great strides inyoureffort to lose weight if you get a little extra of thispast yourlips: water. Upping your daily water intake by 33 ounces --that'sabout 4 additional cups -- could help you melt anadditional 2.5 pounds over the course of a yearlong diet.Here's the simple science behind the claim.

Water, Water EverywhereWhen researchers evaluated the water-drinking habitsof overweight women who were following various populardiets (from Ornish to Atkins), water intake helped tip thescales in the right direction. The women who either uppedtheir water intake or replaced sweet drinks with water lostabout an extra 2.5 pounds. But it had to be water:Switching to or adding diet drinks didn't have the sameeffect.(Read this article on the smart way to use sugarsubstitutes.)

Why Water's GreatSo how does H2O give dieters an edge? It may be thatdrinking water helps reduce calorie intake -- you're full ofwater, so you eat less! It could also be that the agua altersyour metabolism in some helpful way. Just keep in mindthat drinking water, by itself, doesn't melt pounds.The women who benefited from the extra H2O werealready on reduced-calorie eating plans.(Drinking water may be good for this, too.)

Thursday, August 16, 2007

If you are a Blogger like me and frequently use imagesonline for publication, Easy Cropper is a must-have Bookmark !This nifty little online cropping tool will crop your image to yourspecs within seconds - without downloading any software orhaving to open any Graphics editor on your PC. Simply click onthe 'Browse' link, select from the stored 'images' folder on your PC,( take note of the original dimensions of the pic ! ) type in the newdesired size, and voila ! Your new resized image is displayed on anew Easy Cropper page. Don't forget to save the new image toyour PC for uploading.....http://www.easycropper.com/

I am not an Anglo-Indian by birth since I am the product ofa Bengalifemale and a Madrasi Male. But almost everything elseabout myupbringing and life in India has been Anglo-Indian :school, church,best friends, girlfriend, etc. The best times of my life have been in thecompany of Anglo-Indians, to the extent that I visitedIndia after an absence of over twenty years solely for the purpose ofbeing the Best Man at my Anglo-Indian friend Russell Newby's weddingto my Anglo-Indian cousin, Marilyn Miller.So naturally with this background the cuisine I crave is the Anglo-Indian type.Now that I'm in the USA, there are plenty of Indians and Indian grocery storesand restaurants that ensure my taste for Indian food stays intact. But like theJews of Indian descent, the Anglo-Indians are an almost invisible, slowlydeclining group and so is their wonderful cooking tradition. How nice then,to find the 'real deal' in Bridget Kumaran A-I ( the common abbreviationfor 'Anglo-Indians' ) who so generously and skilfully shares her knowledgeand traditions via her Blog athttp://anglo-indianfood.blogspot.com/and her website athttp://www.anglo-indianrecipes.com/

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Speaking of Anglo-Indians, there are attempts to keep their livelytradition and culture alive in the form of regular and well-organizedworldwide reunions. One of the biggest ones is now underway in Canada.Check the program schedule and updates here :http://a-iac.org/ReunionV2/default.htm

• Pistachios for the Greater GoodWhen it comes to cholesterol, it's good cop (HDL) vs.bad cop (LDL). And only a good cop has the power tocharm your arteries into coming clean. Do you have enough?Read more.

• Ready to Team Up?Team sports are a classic way toget kids moving and may be more motivating than solitaryactivities . . . for some. But not all kids are ready and willing.Before the new school year begins, get a read onwhether . . .Read more.

Say "No" to Life in the Fast LaneYou may be getting ahead on your to-do list by schedulingevery minute of every day, but your health could pay a price.Death rates from heart disease are higher in cultureswhere . . .Read more.

Ways to Boost Your BalanceHow's your balance? Stand with one of your feet 12 inchesoff the ground and see how long you can maintain theposition. Here's what your results mean. Read more.

More recently, a Forum post at Smallprint.org :FINALLY, SOMEONE HAS CLEARED THIS UP FOR ME....For centuries, Hindu women have worn a dot ontheir foreheads. Most of us have naively thought this wasconnected with marriage or religion...read the rest hereStuart

30+ people have sent in their responses to being calledfruits, vegetables, meat, animals, things, objects

We already have a list of over 100 ridiculous andhumilating words/ statements being prepared.Please email us your list by the 14th of August. Be an agent,get family members/ friends/ peers/ colleagues/ acquaintances/strangers to re call the same.....make that list and send it tous asap! The responses will be up and out on the blog. besidesthat they may be printed in the eve teasing dictionary that we havecollectively built/ and or might be announced out loud in public.Your name will not be printed if you choose to be anonymous.

Be it malai ( cream), watermelon, samosa, or any thing elsethat makes you look back and ask " are you talking to me???"

Think back and send in that list.

Thank you for your support and encouragement over the years!This time we ask you to participate, yet again! Hurry!

Tuesday, August 07, 2007

I just posted something on Fredundant which is myother Blog on MySpace. It's about the FON communityand I think you should check it out if only to beaware ofthe coming revolution in the USA in termsof WiFi accessand a Web 2.0 approach .

He is the founder of the Ramamani Iyengar MemorialYoga Institute (RIMYI) in Pune, named after his wifeSmt. Ramamani Iyengar. The institute which wasinaugurated on January 19, 1975 features the bust ofSmt. Ramamani at the entry gate while that of Guruji ispresent in the entrance hall. Guruji's bust has been chiseledby his devotee the Queen Mother of Belgium, at the ageof 81, joyous at accomplishing her life's dream of performingSirsasana.

Here is a 5 min. video sample of his amazing breathcontrol not too long ago

Wednesday, August 01, 2007

His Turban may look out of place here at the Laurel Hollow,New York waterfront, but he needn't be disturbed.He is, after all, Harvinder Anand, the new mayor of this95% White community of multi-millionaires in Long Island, NY.

Let's applaud this man for accomplishing the feat of winningthis post in an uncontested race, without relying on the aid ofIndian voters.